About:

1. Coal Miners Day is observed on 4th May every year to highlight the toughest profession and the people working in coal mines.
2. Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel on Earth and Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the earth.
3. In India, coal mining began in 1774.
4. John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Healthy of the East India Company commenced commercial exploitation in the Raniganj
5. Coal field of West Bengal along the Western bank of Damodar River.
6. The states Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and some central and southern parts of the country are coal-rich regions.
7. More than half of India's commercial energy needs are fullled by coal.